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when the second year comes around a 



nice grrowth may confidently be expected. 



Philadelphia. Joseph Meghan. 



SMALL FRUITS. 



All berry bushes should be protected 

 from summer heat and drouth. This may 

 be done in two ways. First: by frequent 

 cultivation and hoeing, thus forming an 

 earth mulch, which prevents the rapid 

 escape of moisture from thesoil. Second: 

 by covering the ground around the hill 

 with coarse manure, straw and other 

 material, which prevents evaporation 

 and retains the moisture about the roots. 



One of the best and cheapest mulches 

 for the farmer, is green clover, cut in blos- 

 som and applied same as manure. It is 

 easily applied, retains moisture, enriches 

 the soil, keeps the berries clean and con- 

 tains no germ of noxious weeds. A good 

 mulch well applied is one of the great 

 necessities in successful fruit growing. 



When new canes of the blackberry and 

 black raspberry are eighteen inches high, 

 nip the top off about two inches; this 

 will cause several new laterals to grow 

 which should be trimmed severely in the 

 spring. The pinching back of new growth 

 is important. Itlargely increases the bear- 

 ing surface, keeps the bush low, strong, 

 well formed and less liable to injury from 

 severe storms. 



Frequent cultivation makes plant food 

 more available and isespecially necessary 

 after hard rains. The ground must be 

 kept mellow throughout the growing 

 season. 



Allow no fruit to grow on strawberry 

 plants the first season, pick off all buds 

 and blossoms. The matted row with 

 clean paths between is best for most 

 varieties and most growers. Avoid hav- 

 ing plants too thick in the row and you 

 will have larger and better berries. With 

 strong growing varieties remove first 

 runners. The ideal method would be to 

 allow first runners to make plants until 

 matted row is formed, giving each plant 

 five or six inches square space in which to 

 grow, and removing all runners there- 

 after. This is seldom accomplished in 

 practical berry growing. 



Clean cultivation is the great safe- 

 guard against fungous diseases and insect 

 pests. These enemies are cowardly, they 

 always attack the weak and unprotected 

 plants first. Look for them closely and 

 apply remedies for them at once. 



For the currant worm, no remedy is 

 safer or more easily applied than white 

 hellebore. Dissolve an ounce of the pow- 

 der in two gallons of water and apply 

 with fine sprinkler or brush broom. The 

 worm first appears on the lower branches 

 about the time fruit is formed. 



Thorough work in June insures safety 

 during the trying months of July and 

 August. M. A. Thayer. 



ROOT PRUNING FRUIT TREES. 



At this season of the year the root 

 pruning of fruit trees that do not flower 

 should be considered. Small fruit trees 

 should not be permitted to fruit, but 

 when they have long passed the time 

 when fruit should be given and no flowers 

 are produced, root pruning may be 

 resorted to, to bring about the desired 

 result. 



A space should be dug out a few feet 

 from the trunk of the tree and some 

 of the larger roots severed, the soil to be 

 thrown back afterwards of course. This 

 puts an end for awhile to too rapid 

 growth, and instead, flower buds are 

 formed for the next season. This plan 

 [continued page 268.] 



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